UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 27, 2018

 

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

(973) 753-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 1.01                                           Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On March 27, 2018, following completion of certain Dutch works council consultation procedures, Wyndham Destination Network, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (“Wyndham Worldwide”), and certain other subsidiaries of Wyndham Worldwide entered into the Share Sale Agreement (the “SPA”), previously described in Wyndham Worldwide’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 15, 2018 (the “Prior Disclosure”), pursuant to which Wyndham Worldwide will sell the Wyndham Vacation Rentals Europe business to Compass IV Limited, an affiliate of Platinum Equity, LLC. Closing of the divestiture is expected to occur during the second quarter of 2018 and is subject to, among other things, approval of the divestiture by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. Merger control approval for the divestiture was received from the European Commission on March 23, 2018. Item 1.01 of the Prior Disclosure is incorporated by reference herein, along with the Forward-Looking Statements included in the Prior Disclosure.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.

 

	WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Nicola Rossi
	Name:	Nicola Rossi
	Title:	Chief Accounting Officer

 

Date: March 27, 2018

 

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